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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The Belgian League Against Antisemitim and DH newspaper report that Mohamed Reghif, a Brussels local councillor (Schaerbeek district), was urged by his
party (Défi, centre right) to take down antisemitic material from his Facebook account - some of it dating as far back as 2012.

Mr. Reghif believes in antisemitic conspiracy theories. For him, ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a Jew and a Mossad agent. His real name is Simon Eliott.

He also posted that an Israeli had been arrested in Bordeaux for being an ISIS recruiting agent and sending combattants to Syria. He added: "Look, look, who is really behind the recruitment of idle youths?"He also posted a "Jews-behind" type theory on the Burgas (Bulgaria) bus bombing terrorist attack against Israeli toursits. He equally accused the United States of paying Muslims to perpetrate terrorist attacks.On his Facebook page, Mr. Reghif describes himself as being "dynamic, ambitious, committed, open to dialogue, and stimulated by complex challenges".

It is understood that the party will carry out an internal review, but most likely the matter will rest there and no further action will be taken.